Example sentences of "they [was/were] found guilty [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past twelve months , Namibia has confiscated eight Spanish trawlers and their cargo and fined the ships ' masters thousands of dollars after they were found guilty of fishing illegally in Namibian waters . |
| 2 | The previous January they were found guilty of badger digging and fined . |
| 3 | In December the Ethics Committee announced that the investigation had become a formal one which could lead to action against the senators if they were found guilty of infringing Senate rules . |
| 4 | They were found guilty of involvement in several bomb attacks in 1985 and 1986 in Copenhagen , the Danish capital , Amsterdam , the Netherlands capital , and Stockholm . |
| 5 | They were found guilty of murder and of illegal carrying of arms in connection with an incident near Tlemcen in July 1990 , when a guard was killed as they attempted to seize explosives from a quarry . |
| 6 | They were found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering , banned from keeping a dog for 5 years and ordered to pay £500 costs . |
| 7 | … the recent prosecution of three ex-Constables for grave offences of shopbreaking and garage-breaking of which they were found guilty at the last Assizes and sentenced to long-term imprisonment . |